Comedian Milton Berle once quipped a committee is "a group that keeps minutes and loses hours." ...more

January 9, 2009

Yard signs opposing construction of a cellphone tower at Coleman Middle School greeted hundreds of people who came to the South Tampa campus Wednesday evening to discuss the matter. ...more

January 8, 2009

Yard signs opposing construction of a cellphone tower at Coleman Middle School greeted hundreds of people who came to the South Tampa campus Wednesday evening to discuss the matter. ...more

January 7, 2009

In a spirit of cooperation, the county and city have launched a committee that meets monthly to examine issues that affect the city of Brooksville. ...more

December 26, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. performed an energy audit last week at Hillsborough County's jails, which in recent months have sought ways to save money on energy bills. The audit yielded positive results, although some ideas generated by the audit had been in the works, Col. Jim Previtera said. ...more

December 23, 2008

Dominick Ferello incited a mob of first-graders on Monday. It was Ferello's first day back on the job as principal of Explorer K-8 after a six-week break as he recovered from an illness, and Angela Esposito's class was clearly happy to see him. ...more

December 16, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo's embattled president should repay the attraction at least $202,000 for animals and equipment he has taken from the complex, according to preliminary results from a city audit released Friday. ...more

December 12, 2008

In the last five years, the county has made 43 Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) to engineering and consulting firms seeking to tackle a project in Hernando County. ...more

December 12, 2008

A sales manager for Royal Coachman Homes in Spring Hill bilked his employer out of more than $700,000 in the last five years by drawing up and cashing more than 160 fraudulent sales commission checks, authorities say. ...more

December 9, 2008

Over the objections of about a dozen residents, planning and zoning commissioners Monday voted 4-1 to approve a mental health and drug addiction treatment facility for men. ...more

December 9, 2008